Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army); by implication, to tax, harass, tyrannize
KJV Usage: distress, driver, exact(-or), oppress(-or), X raiser of taxes, taskmaster
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
נָגַשׂ (na.ga.s) — to oppress. 1) to press, drive, oppress, exact, exert demanding pressure 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to press, drive 1a2) to exact 1a3) driver, taskmaster, ruler, oppressor, tyrant, lord, exactor of tribute (participle) 1b) (Niphal) to be hard pressed
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb
Urge | verb qal
taskmaster, driver = a person who forces humans and animals to perform certain activities
EXO 3:7 · EXO 5:6 · EXO 5:10 · EXO 5:13 · EXO 5:14 · JOB 3:18 · JOB 39:7 · ISA 9:3 · ISA 14:2 · ISA 14:4
Leaders | verb qal | ≈ משׁל · פְּקֻדָּה
ruler literally: taskmaster; hence: = a person in a position of leadership over others
Non-Possess | verb qal
to exact money literally: to urge (people to pay); hence: = causative action by which humans cause (other) humans to pay tribute or pay back a debt
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[נָגַשׂ] vb. press, drive, oppress, exact Qal press, drive to work
exact
Pt. (= subst.) driver, taskmaster
Niph. hard pressed by enemy; treated harshly of suffering servant of י׳; recipr. tyrannize over each other
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